The Road to Reel-izing Success & the SWFF $7.5M Global Call for Innovations

SWFF Program News

July 11, 2016

Success Story: How Reel Gardening Went From an Idea to a Successful Business

At 16 years old, Claire Reid was determined to start a garden, but the process was more difficult than she anticipated. She had to buy seeds and fertilizer in industrial quantities, and she had no easy way to measure the correct distance and depth to plant her seeds. Adding to her frustration, once the seeds germinated, she couldn't tell the difference between plant and weed. So Claire got an idea...

Ignitia's rain forecasting project was featured in Fast Company after the Ag Innovation Investment Summit: How Rain Forecasting via Text Can Help Farmers in the Developing World (Fast Company)
Conservation South Africa's latest au ction in a new location sold 62.5 percent of cattle. This figure is encouraging as market prices were down.
Practical Action's farmers are exporting their pumpkins to Malaysia for the first time, giving farmers better prices and access to an international market: Bangladeshi Pumpkins in Malaysian Market (BanglaNews 24)
aQysta installed its first Barsha Pump in Spain: Hydro-Powered Pump Offers Eco-friendly Irrigation Solution (Fresh Fruit Portal)
SWFF Alumni Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO) has partnered with Vodafone to solve weather prediction problems in Africa using Vodafone's "Internet of Things" technology: Internet of Things: Redefining Africa's Economic Landscape (Business Ghana)

Securing Water for Food is preparing to announce its $7.5 million 4th Global Call for Innovations. Please stay tuned for ways to help us get the word out, including sample social media posts, video promos, website graphics and more. Click here to learn more or email us at securingwaterforfood@gmail.com.
Securing Water For Food's Chief of Party Donna Vincent Roa published 26 Things I Learned at the Ag Innovation Investment Summit (Water Online)

CORRECTION: In last month's newsletter, we incorrectly attributed Surehatch to Powering Agriculture's roster of innovators. Surehatch is a grantee of Feed the Future.

Drought-Hit Central America Must Help Farmers to Withstand Climate Change Impact - U.N. (Reuters)
Energy-Water Nexus: Head-on Collision or Near Miss? (American Scientist)
Parched Land. Farmer Suicides. Forced Migration: Drought is Crippling Rural India (Huffington Post)
Is Desalination the Answer for Africa's Water Shortages? (AFK Insider)
Southern Africa Droughts Jeopardize Food for Millions (Circle of Blue)
More than 41 Million Southern Africans Face Hunger After Drought (Bloomberg)
US Giving $48 Million to Help Western Farms Handle Drought (Fox News)
Solar-Powered Irrigation Promises Relief to Southern Africa, but Is It Sustainable? (Humanosphere)
What Should Jordan's Irrigation Agency Do to Keep Supplying Water? (World Bank Blog)
IMF Extends Malawi Loan Program, Adds $80M for Drought (Voice of America)
El Niño Puts More Than 26 Million Children at Risk in Eastern and Southern Africa - UNICEF (UN News Center)
Three Ways to Boost Crop Resilience to Climate Change (Carbon Brief)

Securing Water for Food is preparing for the 4th Global Call for Innovations. Expect the official announcement in August. We are seeking industry influencers to help us spread

the word. If you are interested in helping us to create awareness and stimulate interest among water-ag innovators, drop us a line at securingwaterforfood@gmail.com .

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